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189 Cards in this Set
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-act-
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to do, to drive
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cephal-
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head
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cyt/o-
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related to cells
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dys-
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painful, bad, difficult, diseased, faulty
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fibr/o
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fibrous, fiber
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heter/o
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different
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lip/o
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fat
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micr/o
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small
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necr/o
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pertaining to death
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pex/o
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fixation
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phob/o
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abnormal fear
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poly-
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many
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rach/i, rachi/o
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spine
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retro-
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backward
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supra-
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outside, higher in position, further, on
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anti-
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against
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col/o-
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pertaining to the colon
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dic-
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to say
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end/o
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inside, inner
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homo-
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same, equal
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kinesi/o
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movement, motion
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mort
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to die
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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oo/ovo
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egg, ovum
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par/a
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beside, beyond, near, abnormal
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phleb/o
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vein
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pol/y
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many, too much
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pro-
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in front of, before, foward
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sanguin/o
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blood
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super-
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above, beyond
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acr-o-
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top, tip, pertaining to extremeties
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carcin/o-
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cancerous, malignant
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di/a
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through
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edema
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excess fluids in cells and tissues
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ginviv/o
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pertaining to the gums
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hidr/o
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sweat
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leps/y
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attack, seizure
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metr/o, meter
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instrument
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nyct/o
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night
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orrhaphy
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suturing, stitching
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pharmac/o
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drugs, medicine
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pleg/o
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paralysis
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post, poster/o
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after, behind
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sinistr/o
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left
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syn
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together, joined
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an-
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without
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caud/o
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downward, toward the tail
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dipl/o
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double
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esthesi/o
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feeling or perception
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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hyster/o
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pertaining to the uterus
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is/o
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equal
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lumb/o
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pertaining to the loin
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mes/o
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middle, average
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opthalm/o
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pertaining to the eye
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par/o
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to bear
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pod/o
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foot
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re-
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again, back
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spir/o
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breath
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therm/o
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heat
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blast/o
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pertaining to the process of cell/tissue budding
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calcane/o-
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heel
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com-, con-
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with, together
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cor/e-, core/o
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pupil
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emesis-
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vomiting
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extra
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outside, beyond
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graph
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writing
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infra-
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below, under
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ir/o, irid/o
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iris
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later/o
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the side
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megal/o
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large, enlarged
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mening/o
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pertaining to membranes around brain and spinal cord
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mis-
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wrong
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omni-
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everywhere, all
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peri-
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around
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amb/i-
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both, both sides
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ankyl/o
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not movable, stiff
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cost/o-
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concerning the ribs
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plasm/o
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growth, formation
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a-
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away from, to depart, deviate
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dactyl/o
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fingers, toes
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drom/o
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running
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hepat/o
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pertaining to the liver
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/malacia
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soft, softening
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penia
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decrease in
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phor/o
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eye
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port
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to carry
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ex-
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from, out of
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ad-, af-, ag-
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to, toward, up to, to bring
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ectop/o
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out of place
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meta-
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after, beyond, occurring in a series
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ne/o
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new
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orchid/o
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pertaining to the testes
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pyr/o
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heat, fever
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sept/o
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infection
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stomat/o
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mouth
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angi/o
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pertaining to blood or lymphatic vessels
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall
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melan/o
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black
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onych/o
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referring to the nails
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plas/o
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formation, change (of molding)
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cheil/o
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pertaining to the lips
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contra-
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against
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ectomy
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cut out, removal, excision
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dextr/o
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right
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fac
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to make, to do
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leuk/o
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white
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mon/o-
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one
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oophor/o
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referring to the ovary
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per
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through
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pleur/o
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covering the lungs
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pseud/o
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false
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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chron
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time
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dips/o
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thirst
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eu
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well, easy, normal, true
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gnos/ia
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knowledge
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lys/o
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dissolution, loosening, to break
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men/o
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menstruation
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-orrhea
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flow, discharge
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phag/o
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eat
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phon/o
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voice, sound
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pre-
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before
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retr/o
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behind
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spondyl/o
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spine
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sym-
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joined, together
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trans-
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across, beyond, over
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anis/o-
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unequal
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chir/o
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hand
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crypt/o-
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hidden
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ectasia, ectasis
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dilation, stretching
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equi-
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equally, equal
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
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metr/o
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uterus
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nas/o
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nose
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-otomy
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incision
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pne/o
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breath, breathing
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proct/o
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rectum
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ren/o
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kidney
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scler/o
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hard
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staphyl/o
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bunch of grapes
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tach/y
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fast, rapid
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auto-
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self
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chrom/o
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color
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dacry/o
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tears
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dis-
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to separate, free from, undo
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gloss/o
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tongue
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dacry/o
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tears
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gloss/o
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tongue
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in-
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not, in, into
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lith/o
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calculus, stone
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my/o
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pertaining to the muscles
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ob-
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against
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paralysis
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loss of movement
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phren/o
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personality
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prim/i
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first
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rhin/o
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pertaining to the nose
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stasis
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stopping
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thromb/o
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blood clot
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-acer, -acri-
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bitter, sharp, pointed
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brad/y-
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slow
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chol/e
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gall, bile
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cyst/o
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bladder
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dors/o
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back
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enter/o
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pertaining to the small intestine
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hypo-
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below, under, less than normal
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mania
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madness
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mult/i
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many, more than one
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omphal/o
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umbilicus (navel)
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ot/o
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ear
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plast/o
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surgical repair
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semi-
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half, partly
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strept/o
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twisted
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alges/i
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sensitivity to pain
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bene
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good
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clys/o
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washing, irrigation
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de-
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from, away
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ect/o
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outer, on the outside
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erythr/o
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red
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gram/o
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record
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kerat/o
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cornea
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macr/o
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large
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null/i
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none
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orrhexis
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rupture
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phas/o
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speech
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pneum/o
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air
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py/o
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pus
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stern/o
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sternum
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